Measuring cup



May 23, 1939.,

O. E. DICKESON MEASURING CUP Filed Sept. 7, 1938.

IN V EN TOR.

ATTORNEYS.

An object of the invention is to provide the a guide pin 8 which is secured to an outer clamp- 5 lo'can be placed in any one of several positions 1. The two guide plates 5 and9 are bowed trans- 1 character which is simple in construction, ef- .cohteiner and to thrust against handle 7 so at 15 Patented May 23, 1939 V I i l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MEASURING CUP Orrin E. Dickeson, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Application September 7, 1938, Serial No. 228,851

4 Claims. (Cl. 73-165) This invention relates to a measuring cup deand has a snug sliding fit within the container.

signed primarily for use in measuring quantities Those ends of the arms 3 and 4 which project of coffee, however obviously it could be used for through the slot are provided with a handle 1, other purposes, preferably hollow and this handle is mounted on cup or container with an adjustable false bottom ing plate 9 in sliding engagement with the arms which can be quickly and easily shifted from one 3 and 4. A spring [0 is mounted on the guide pin position'to another without requiring the use of 8 and bears at one end against the clamping tightening nuts or the like and which false bottom plate 9 and at its other end against the handle suitably designated to indicate the amount of bulk versely so as to snugly engage the adjacent surmaterial supported in the container when the faces o the conta e l and s the Spring In is parts are adjusted to any predetermined position. constantly under compression, it acts normally to A further object is to provide a device of this thrust plate 9 against the outer surface of the ficient, cheap to manufacture, and will not it will pull through t a 3 d 4 up t readily get out of order. inner plate 5. Consequently normally the wall With the foregoing and other objects in view of the container is tightly gripped between the which will appear as the description proceeds, p a s 5 and 9 so that the false bottom 6 can the invention consists of certain novel details of thus be retained in any des Position Within 20 construction and combinations of parts hereinthe container. after more fully described and pointed out in the A pointer index finger l l s e ended a er lclaims, it being understood that changes may be y om handle and located on the outer surmade in the construction and arrangement of face of the container adjacent to the slot 2 is parts without departing from the spirit of the ina series of characters indicating graduatiohs I2 25 vention as claimed. and the quantity of bulk material within the In the accompanying drawing the preferred Container When the pointer is Opposite y one form of the invention has bee h w of said graduations. For example in the draw- In said drawing: ing these graduations have been designated by Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device. the numerals and T ese 30 Fi ure 2 i a section on line 2 2 Fi r 1, numerals indicate the number of cups of coffee Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 Figure 2. Which can be P p from the a unt of Figure 4 is a section on line 44 Figure 2. ground coffee within the container when the Figure 5 isa section on line 55 Figure 2. false bottom is at any one of the graduations. In

Referring to the figures by characters of ref- Figure 1 the pointer s been shown at the 4 35 erence, I designates the body of the container graduation Thus the u t of Coffee which which is substantially cylindrical although 0bcan be held within the container above the false viously it canbe made of any other desired transbottom 6 While located at that Position, s sufverse contour, it merely being essential that the fioieht t0 e foul p of e interior contour of the container be the same when it is desired to Shift the false t m to 40 throughout the height thereof. another position it is merely necessary to slide Formed within the wall of the container is a the handle 1 pwa d y or d d y until e narrow slot 2 extending from the bottom to a Pointer has been brought to the desired gradpoint close to the top and a stiff wire bent to form nation When, y releasing handle spring upper and lower inwardly converging arms 3 W Cause the tWo plates 5 a 9 to tightly grip 45 and 4, is slidable in this slot. The lower arm is the wall of the container and thus supp t t e extended partly across the interior of the confalse bottom in t desired positiontainer and is perpendicular to the slot while the It has been found in practice that a slot 2 upper arm 3 diverges upwardly and outwardly sufficiently wide to receive the wire arms 3 and away from the inner end of arm 4. These arms 4 will not permit the escape of ground coffeee 50 are connected at points within the container therethrough.

and close to the slotted Wall, by a gripping plate Although plate 5 can be separate from the 5 which is soldered or otherwise joined to the false bottom, it is preferred to make it an inarms. A false bottom 6 in the form of a disk tegralpart thereof as shown in Figure 2 and, if

65 is soldered or otherwise fastened to the arm 4 said false bottom is fitted snugly in the container, the pressure of the two plates 5 and 9 upon the wall of the container is relieved for adjustment purposes simply by pressing the upper end of handle 1 inwardly toward the container. This will cause the false bottom 6 to swing downwardly and the plate 5 to swing inwardly relative to the slotted wall after which adjustment can be quickly effected as heretofore pointed out.

What is claimed is:

1. A measuring cup including a longitudinally slotted container, a false bottom slidable therein, arms connected to the false bottom and slidable within the slot, a gripping plate fixedly connected to the arms and within the container, a gripping plate movably mounted on the outside of the container, a handle connecting the outer 'ends of the arms, and a compression spring in terposed between the handle and the outer plate for holding the two plates normally clamped upon the slotted wall of the container.

'2. A measuring cup including a longitudinally slotted container, a false bottom slidable therein, upwardly diverging arms connected to the bottom and slidable within the slot, a handle carried by the outer ends of the arms, inner and outer clamping plates carried by the arms, the inner plate being fixed to the arms and the outer plate being slidable thereon, and a spring housed within the handle for simultaneously pulling through the handle and arms upon the inner plate and exerting a thrust against the outer plate. I

3. A measuring cup including a longitudinally slotted container, a false bottom slidable therein, upwardly diverging arms connected to the bottom and slidable within the slot, a handle carried by the outer ends of the arms, inner and outer clamping plates carried by the arms, the inner plate being fixed to the arms and the outer plate being slidable thereon, and a spring housed within the handle for simultaneously pulling through the handle and arms upon the inner plate and exerting a thrust against the outer plate, said handle being shiftable relative to the container to place the spring under increased compression and move the inner plate away from the outer plate, thereby to release the arms and false bottom for sliding movement relative to the container.

4. A measuring cup including a longitudinally slotted container, a false bottom slidable therein, upwardly diverging arms connected to the bottom and slidable within the slot, a handle carried by the outer ends of the arms, inner and outer clamping plates carried by the arms, the inner plate being fixed to the arms and the outer plate being slidable thereon, a spring housed within the handle for simultaneously pulling through the handle and arms upon the inner plate and exerting a thrust against the outer plate, said handle being shiftable relative to the container to place the spring under increased compression and move the inner plate away from the outer plate, thereby to release the arms and false bottom for sliding movement relative to the container, and cooperating means on the handle and container for indicating the capacity of the container when the false bottom is moved to any one of several positions.

ORRIN E. DICKESON. 

